2 Samuel 7:11-29

God's Covenant with David

11 j from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And k I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that l the Lord will make you a house. 12 m When your days are fulfilled and n you lie down with your fathers, o I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 p He shall build a house for my name, and q I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 r I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, s I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 s but my steadfast love will not depart from him, t as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 u And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. 1 u Your throne shall be established forever.'" 17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.

David's Prayer of Gratitude

18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, v "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. w You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God! 20 And what more can David say to you? x For you know your servant, O Lord God! 21 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it. 22 y Therefore you are great, O Lord God. z For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 a And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name b and doing for them 2 great and awesome things by driving out 3 before your people, whom c you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods? 24 d And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God. 25 And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken. 26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,' and the house of your servant David will be established before you. 27 For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you. 28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and e your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant. 29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, f and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever."

  1. Cross References
    Judges 2:14 - 16
    So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.
    1 Samuel 12:9 - 11
    But they forgot the Lord their God. And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:1
    Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies.
    Joshua 11:23
    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:27
    For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
    1 Kings 11:38
    And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
    Exodus 1:21
    And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families.
    1 Samuel 2:35
    And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:1
    When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying.
  5. Cross References
    1 Kings 1:21
    Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.
    1 Kings 2:10
    Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David.
    Acts 13:36
    For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption.
    Deuteronomy 31:16
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers. Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:20
    Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
    Psalms 132:11
    The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: "One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 5:5
    And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.
    1 Kings 6:12
    Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
    1 Kings 8:19
    Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.
    1 Chronicles 22:10
    He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.
    1 Chronicles 28:6
    He said to me, 'It is Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
  8. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:16
    And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.'
    Psalms 89:4
    I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.'" Selah
    Psalms 89:29
    I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
    Psalms 89:36 - 37
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 89:26 - 27
    He shall cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
    Hebrews 1:5
    For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 89:32 - 33
    Then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes.
  11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:14
    I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men.
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:23
    For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.
    1 Samuel 15:28
    And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
    1 Kings 11:13
    However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem that I have chosen.
    1 Kings 11:34
    Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes.
  13. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
    Psalms 89:36 - 37
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    Luke 1:33
    And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
  14. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
    Psalms 89:36 - 37
    His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
    Luke 1:33
    And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 32:10
    I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that you have shown to your servant, for with only my staff I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two camps.
  16. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:12 - 13
    When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
    1 Chronicles 17:17
    And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O Lord God!
  17. Cross References
    Psalms 139:1 - 4
    O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
  18. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:25
    For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be held in awe above all gods.
    2 Chronicles 2:5
    The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 15:11
    Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is...
    Deuteronomy 3:24
    O Lord God, you have only begun to show your se...
    Psalms 86:8
    There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, ...
    Psalms 89:6
    For who in the skies can be compared to the Lor...
    Psalms 89:8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, ...
    Isaiah 45:5
    I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides m...
    Jeremiah 10:6
    There is none like you, O Lord ; you are great,...
  20. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:7
    For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God is to us, whenever we call upon him?
    Deuteronomy 4:34
    Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
    Deuteronomy 33:29
    Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.
    Psalms 147:20
    He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the Lord!
  21. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:21
    He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 9:26
    And I prayed to the Lord, 'O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
    Nehemiah 1:10
    They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
  23. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
    2 Samuel 7:16
    And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever.
    2 Samuel 7:26
    And your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,' and the house of your servant David will be established before you.
    Deuteronomy 26:18
    And the Lord has declared today that you are a people for his treasured possession, as he has promised you, and that you are to keep all his commandments.
  24. Cross References
    John 17:17
    Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
  25. Cross References
    2 Samuel 22:51
    Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
    Psalms 89:28 - 29
    My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.
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